Woman, 88, dies after being hit by vehicle in Atlantic City

Police vehicles surround the body of Bu Do Jo, 88, who was
struck and killed Saturday on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY — An 88-year-old resort woman was struck and
killed Saturday while crossing Pacific Avenue, and city police
stopped and seized a vehicle involved in the accident, authorities
said.

Bu Do Jo was identified by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s
Office, which said an autopsy was scheduled for today.

The accident happened at about 3:50 p.m. in the 1300 block of
Pacific Avenue, near Ocean Avenue. Witnesses at the scene said the
woman may have been initially hit by a resort taxicab that fled. A
jitney then struck the woman, witnesses said.

A release from the Prosecutor’s Office did not identify the
vehicle stopped by police. It did not say whether anyone was in
custody. Officials from the office were not available to
comment.

Police Lt. Lee Ragozzine said the crash was still under
investigation and could not confirm any details.

Witness James Thee, 51, of Atlantic City, said the victim was a
resident of an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Pacific
Avenue. She was a familiar face in the neighborhood, he said.

“She was one of (those) 90-year-olds who have more energy than
us young folk,” Brown added.

At the scene, resort police parked three police cars around the
body, which lay in the westbound lane. A shoe, apparently knocked
off in the collision, was about 20 feet away from the body. Jitney
number 37 was stopped on Pacific Avenue a short distance away.

Jitney Association President Tom Woodruff said he wanted to stop
erroneous information from being reported on the accident that put
the jitney driver in a bad light. A review of video taken by a
camera inside the jitney showed clearly that a cab first struck the
woman, and that the jitney driver could not avoid striking her
after she was left lying in the street, he said.

“It happened so fast,” Woodruff said. “The taxi hit her and left
the scene.”

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Atlantic City
Police Department are investigating.

How to assist investigators

Anyone with information is asked to call the Atlantic County
Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or the Atlantic City Police
Department Traffic Unit at 609-347-5747. People can also
anonymously provide tips through the Prosecutor’s Office website at
www.acpo.org/tips.html. Tips can also be made through Crime
Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 800-658-8477. Crime Stoppers offers
cash for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those
who commit crimes in Atlantic County.